ML16008A120

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML16008A120
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	01/08/2016
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Taber B Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Linda Gruhler 404-997-4633
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Download: ML16008A120 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 January 8, 2016 Mr. Brian K. Taber Vice President, Nuclear Plant Site Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Taber:

During the weeks of March 7-11, 2016, and March 21-25, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will perform a baseline Occupational and Public Radiation Safety inspection at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls; 71124.02, Occupational As Low As Reasonably Achievable Planning and Controls; 71124.03, In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation; 71124.04, Occupational Dose Assessment; 71124.05, Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation; 71151, Performance Indicator Verification (Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Cornerstones); and Temporary Instruction 2800/041. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date, and complete, in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. The NRC requests that the requested documents be provided to the inspectors, in CD format, on or before February 22, 2016.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff, and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be George Gunn (706-826-3596) of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Jacob Panfel at 404-997-4714, or the Plant Support Branch 1 Chief, Brian Bonser at 404-997-4653.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter, and its Enclosure, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS); accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

B. Taber 2

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3150-0008, 3150-0011, 3150-0014, 3150-0044, and 3150-0135. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement, unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425 License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81

Enclosure:

Document Request List cc: Distribution via Listserv

ML16008A120 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS/PSB1 RII:DRS/PSB1 SIGNATURE BRB1 for JRP1 BRB1 NAME J. Panfel B. Bonser DATE 1/ 7 /2016 1/ 7 /2016 E-MAIL COPY YES NO YES NO

Enclosure Document Request List Inspection Dates:

March 7-11, 2016 March 21-25, 2016 Documents Due to Region II by:

February 22, 2016 Inspection Procedures (IPs):

IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Technical Instruction 2800/041 10 CFR 37 Materials Security Review -

at Facilities with a 10 CFR 73 Physical Protection Program Lead Inspector:

Jacob Panfel Health Physicist US NRC Region II 404-997-4714 Jacob.Panfel@nrc.gov Note: The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise.

Electronic media is preferred if readily available (the preferred file format is Word, WordPerfect, or searchable.pdf files on CDROM). [Note: The inspectors cannot accept data provided on USB or flash drives due to NRC IT security policies.] Please organize the information as it is arranged below to the extent possible. Experience has shown that a poorly organized CD leads to a less efficient inspection, and places additional burden on licensee staff. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Miscellaneous

1. List of primary contacts for each inspection area, with phone numbers.

2. Corrective action program procedure.

3. Outage schedule of major activities (Gantt chart if available).

71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1. List of outage radiation work permits (RWPs).

2. Procedures related to health physics (HP) controls (e.g., Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, high radiation area (HRA)/locked high radiation area (LHRA)/very high radiation area (VHRA) control, key control, control of divers, special controls during fuel offload, hot spots, etc.).

3. Procedures related to release of personnel and materials (e.g., release surveys, decontamination, guidance for alarm followup, etc.).

4. List of Nationally Tracked Sources and any change-of-ownership transactions.

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5. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool.

6. Most recent self-assessment or audit covering HP controls.

7. List of condition reports (CRs) related to HP controls (e.g., radworker error, HP technician error, posting issues, HRA/LHRA/VHRA issues, survey problems, etc.) issued since October 1, 2015. [This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.]

8. Independent spent fuel storage installation information to include surveys, exposure data, As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) planning and reviews, conducted for the last two moves. Also, the last two routine surveys of the facility and any thermoluminescent dosimeter area monitoring results of the facility.

71124.02 - Occupational As Low As Reasonably Achievable Planning and Controls

1. All procedures related to ALARA (e.g., temporary shielding, ALARA planning, source term reduction, etc.).

2. List of top five dose jobs for the upcoming refueling outage and ALARA planning packages, if available.

3. Source term reduction strategic plan, if available.

4. Most recent self-assessment or audit of ALARA program.

5. ALARA trending point data for last two outages.

6. Minutes from the last four Plant ALARA Committee Meetings.

7. List of CRs related to ALARA since April 2014. [This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.]

71124.03 - In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation

1. Procedures related to airborne monitoring and control (e.g., use of containment purge, use of portable HEPA/charcoal units, temporary ventilation enclosures, use of continuous air monitors, air sampling guidance, Alpha air sampling, etc.).

2. Procedures related to the use of respiratory protection devices, (e.g., self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), total effective dose equivalent-ALARA guidance, powered air purifying respirators, storage, maintenance, training, quality assurance, fit-testing, etc.).

3. The last two grade D air testing certificates for each supplied air system and SCBA filling station.

4. SCBA qualification records (a) Vendor training certificates for all onsite individuals qualified to repair SCBA.

(b) List of all licensed operators qualified to use SCBA.

(c) List of all instrumentation and control personnel qualified to use SCBA.

(d) List of all HP personnel qualified to use SCBA.

5. Documentation for last two surveillances performed on SCBA stored for emergency use.

6. Most recent audit or self-assessment covering airborne controls and respiratory protection.

7. List of CRs related to airborne monitoring and respiratory protection since April 2014. [This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.]

71124.04 - Occupational Dose Assessment

1. Procedures related to occupational dose assessment (e.g., external dose monitoring, dosimetry issuance and use, unusual dosimetry occurrences, multi-badging/extremity dosimetry/badge relocation, Effective Dose Equivalent, personnel contamination events (PCEs), storage/care of personal dosimeters, use of electronic dosimeters (EDs), in-vivo and in-vitro internal dose assessment, skin dose assessment, quality control for whole body counter, use of passive monitoring if applicable, declared pregnant workers).

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2. National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program accreditation documentation for current dosimetry used by site.

3. List of all positive whole body counts, in-vitro, or air sampling analyses which resulted in an assigned committed effective dose equivalent equal to, or exceeding, 10 millirem since April 2014. [Note: Only a listing should be provided for use by the inspectors to select a sample of issues for in-depth review during the onsite inspection].

4. List of all PCEs identified since April 2014. Include full documentation for any PCEs requiring skin dose assessment. [Note: Only a listing should be provided for use by the inspectors to select a sample of issues for in-depth review during the onsite inspection; however, please include full dose assessment documentation as applicable].

5. Most recent audit or self-assessment of the dosimetry program, and the most recent audit of the lab that processes site dosimetry.

6. List of CRs generated since April 2014, for internal or external dosimetry issues/events.

[This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.]

Performance Indicator Verification (occupational and public cornerstones)

1. Procedure for gathering and reporting performance indicator data.

2. List of all CRs related to effluent dose/offsite dose calculation manual issues since April 2014. [This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.]

3. List of all CRs related to LHRA/VHRA issues and unintended dose issues since April 2014.

[This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.]

4. Most recent gaseous and liquid effluent release permits showing year-to-date doses to the public.

5. List of ED alarms since April 2014 (dose and dose rate).

6. 2015 Annual Radioactive Effluent Report, OR an end-of-year public dose report if the official Effluent Report is not ready yet.

Technical Instruction 2800/041 - 10 CFR Part 37 (Health Physics portions only)

1. All procedures related to 10 CFR Part 37 compliance (storage of radioactive material (RAM),

10 CFR Part 37 Security Plan, etc.).*

2. List of all known locations of Category 1 and Category 2 material.

3. All supporting calculations for determination of whether an aggregation of RAM meets the definition of Category 1 or Category 2 (e.g., warehouse calculation).

• Please do not include Safeguards or Official Use Only information in the submittal.

That information can be reviewed onsite.

Mailing Address U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II ATTN: Jacob Panfel 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303

LIST OF ACROYNMS ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable CRs Condition Reports EDs Electronic Dosimeters HP Health Physics HRAs High Radiation Areas LHRA Locked High Radiation Area IPs Inspection Procedures PCEs Personnel Containment Events RAM Radioactive Material RWPs Radiation Work Permits SCBA Self-contained Breathing Apparatus VHRA Very High Radiation Area